Australians will be forgiven for wondering what's happening with the age pension, road rules and superannuation today after a fresh bout of misinformation was spread by what appear to be AI-based websites.

Multiple websites claimed an age pension "update" was scheduled for April 1.

Other sites claimed new rules for superannuation and drivers aged over 65 would also be coming into effect today.

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The claims were often accompanied by AI-generated images and misleading articles that appeared to be written with the use of AI.

And this isn't the first time misinformation spread on AI-based websites have fooled Australians.

Health insurance premiums increased today, and many Australian households will be already feeling the full effects of the RBA's latest rate hike this month.

But nothing will happen to the age pension, which was last adjusted on March 20.

The government hiked the age pension last month to reflect cost-of-living pressures.

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It also increased deeming rates on March 20, which affected age pension recipients.

The lower deeming rate rose from 0.75 per cent to 1.25 per cent for financial assets under $64,200 for singles and $106,200 for couples combined.

The upper rate rose from 2.75 per cent to 3.25 per cent for assets over those amounts.

Increased deeming rates may result in a lower age pension for some Australians, as they will affect income tests.

But all of these changes have already come into effect, and no additional updates are planned for April 1.

There are also no new road or licensing rules coming into effect today for drivers over the age of 65.

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Changes are on the horizon for superannuation with the introduction of Payday Super, but that won't come into effect until July 1.

Last year, some Aussies were tricked by similar AI-based websites that spread wild claims about road rules that didn't exist.

For example, one of the rumours spread was that a new law would ban drivers over the age of 60 from being on the road between the hours of 10pm and 5am.

Sites generating fake infringements, fine amounts and demerit point penalties gained traction on social media, sparking panic among some drivers.

Transport authorities eventually issued statements to disprove the claims.

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A tiny find inside some three-billion-year-old rocks by NASA's Perseverance rover is adding to a growing body of evidence that life once existed on Mars.

The Perseverance rover made its way through Neretva Vallis – an ancient river channel that once carried water into a lake in a Martian crater – in 2024.

The rockbed is believed to be more than three billion years old.

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Using laser, infrared and X-ray technologies, Perseverance examined 126 sedimentary rocks and eight rock surfaces on Neretva Vallis.

A team of researchers led by Henry Manelski from Purdue University in the United States say among the discoveries was a large number of nickel-rich rocks with a similar chemical composition and shape of the iron sulfide arrangements to pyrite – sedimentary rocks found on Earth.

This is significant because previous research has found that pyrite is primarily formed by chemical reactions from living microbes.

Even if the nickel-rich rocks were not produced by microbial lifeforms, it is another point of evidence suggesting that Mars was once conducive to life.

Nickel is an essential component of enzymes in many ancient lifeforms, including archaea and bacterial species.

The find adds to a growing body of evidence that life could have once existed on the Martian planet.

It's not the first discovery that Perseverance has made on the topic.

In 2024, the rover discovered rocky "leopard spots" in the Jezero crater, indicative of ancient microbial chemical reactions.

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NASA's acting administrator Sean Duffy called that find "the closest we have ever come to discovering life on Mars".

"The identification of a potential biosignature on the Red Planet is a groundbreaking discovery, and one that will advance our understanding of Mars," he said at the time.

The new findings were published in the journal Nature Communications today.

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